STEM Education Research in Indonesian Elementary Schools: A Systematic Review of Project-Based Learning

Muhamad Imaduddin,Sholikhati Sholikhati,Moh In'Ami

doi:10.21043/elementary.v9i2.11552

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AbstractSTEM Education, in various countries including Indonesia, is growing with a variety of classroom learning projects in elementary schools. This study aims to describe the development of basic education STEM research in Indonesia and the various types of learning projects developed based on the curriculum using systematic review. The technique of systematic review is qualitative (meta-synthesis). The primary sources in this study are various works of literature on STEM basic education contained in scientific journals indexed on the SINTA indexing page ranked 1-6 with the years of publication in 2017-2020. The data is analyzed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) method. The implementation has several steps consisting of (1) identifying research questions, (2) developing research protocols, (3) determining the location of the search area database, (4) selecting relevant research results, (5) selection criteria, (6) data extraction, (7) synthesizing results using meta-synthesis, and (8) presenting results. The most distribution of articles on STEM education themes was found in journals with the scope of educational studies that were ranked at Sinta 3. A review of 17 articles showed that there were variations in projects that could be analyzed further from the 7 articles. Learning projects cover recreational, environmental, and energy topics. Research on STEM learning projects tends to be carried out in upper grades in elementary schools.

Highlights

STEM education is an integrated learning approach between science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to develop students’ creativity and problem-solving skills in everyday life (Winarni et al, 2016)
The important point at this stage is to obtain a research study related to the topic of education in the STEM/STEAM field
A systematic review of scientific articles indexed on the Sinta page shows that there are developments in STEM research at the elementary school level in Indonesia every year

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STEM education is an integrated learning approach between science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to develop students’ creativity and problem-solving skills in everyday life (Winarni et al, 2016). Since the early 20th century, many schools in the United States have begun to focus on STEM education. STEM Education Research in Indonesian Elementary Schools: A Systematic Review of Project. Schools that focus on STEM learning such as Australia, England, Scotland, and the United States which have published national recommendations to support the STEM movement. The Australian state has started teaching STEM learning to citizens aged around 11-18 years on coding material that produces robots as a final project within 3 months with very supportive facilities and infrastructure (Wijokongko, 2009). The results of this study indicated that in subjects that are focused on STEM, students can solve problems by producing boat toys and raincoats from the results of their creativity. Taiwan, which has emphasized the concept of learning by doing in 2010, has shown research related to students who can produce products from the Do It Yourself (DIY) process in the form of Cup Speakers in STEM learning (Lou et al, 2010)

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